This is a regular CATCH summary of votes at committee and council meetings. This report covers the month of May 2015. The first line of each entry identifies the issue, followed by a brief description. This is followed by the location of the vote. Multiple votes on the same issue are reported together. Absentees are only listed where reported in the minutes and where the missing councillors are members of that committee or decision-making body. Links are provided to source documents. Note that the vast majority of council decisions are unanimous and the votes are not officially recorded.
Parking lot
Staff recommended approval of an official plan amendment and zoning change to add 158 parking spaces at the corner of Ferguson Street and Robert Street to the existing 640 spaces. Committee tabled this item in mid-April and then turned it down at the May meeting of the Planning Committee
At Planning Committee, May 5 Minutes p6-7, 15-17
Recorded opposed to the denial: Pearson
Ambulance stretchers
At its May 25 meeting, the emergency and community services committee approved the staff recommendation to for a $1.6 million purchase of stretchers for all ambulances to reduce injuries to paramedics and patients. The decision was ratified by city council with two recorded opponents
At City Council, May 27 Minutes p7
Recorded opposed: Ferguson, Pasuta
Gun amnesty and buyback
A motion by Green was unanimously approved to ask the police services committee to consider and advise Council on the feasibility of an extended gun amnesty and buyback program for unwanted and illegal firearms,owned by residents living in the City of Hamilton.
At City Council, May 27 Minutes p711
For: Collins, Conley, Duvall, Eisenberger, Farr, Ferguson, Green, Jackson, A. Johnson, B. Johnson, Merulla, Partridge, Pasuta, Pearson, Vanderbeek, Whitehead
Against: None